Competition deadline: 31st October 2019 Entries are now open for the 2019 edition: we welcome original, unpublished stories of up to 2000 words in any style or genre. The prizes...

Competition deadline: 6th October 2019 In partnership with Books Ireland, Dalkey Creates Writing Festival’s Competitions; the annual Dalkey Short Story Prize and the ALL-NEW Dalkey Poetry Prize are now open for entries. Both competitions welcome writers from...

Competition deadline: 30th September 2019 The Edinburgh Flash Fiction Award is open to writers worldwide, published and unpublished, and for stories on any topic up to 250 words. Prizes for...

Competition deadline: 30th September 2019 THE CATERPILLAR STORY PRIZE 2019 IS NOW OPEN! This annual award is given to the best story (of no more than 1,500 words) written by...

Competitions deadline: 30th September 2019 Mslexia Magazine fiction competitions are now open for submissions. There are three categories: for full-length novels, short stories and flash fiction. Whether you write long...

Competition deadline: 31st August 2019 SurVision Magazine is delighted to announce James Tate Prize 2019 for a poetry chapbook. 1st Prize: €150; 2nd Prize: €80 Both winners of the James...

Competition deadline: 31st August 2019 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Saveas Writers invite poems and stories on any aspects of humanity’s relationship with the cosmos –...

Competition deadline: 30th August 2019 A short story competition to be judged by award-winning writers, Thomas Morris and Wendy Erskine is part of this year’s Wild Atlantic Words Festival. The...

Competition deadline: 19th August 2019 TU Dublin – Tallaght Campus and Red Line Book Festival are inviting writers to submit their work to the 2019 Red Line Book Festival TU...

Competition Deadline: 31st July, 2019 Seeking creative nonfiction essays on any topic and in any style–from personal essay to lyric essay to hybrid and more! The mission of this contest...